Windfall Profits Tax Faces Washington Push From Oil Firms
President Carter meets with windfall tax supporters at a White House breakfast as oil firms post sharp quarter profits Exxons 118 percent Conocos 134 percent and Gulf 97 percent. Senate and House debates continue on the tax amid energy policy shifts and decontrol moves.
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Carter
White House
National Citizens’ Coalition
Senate
New Jersey
New Brunswick
Democratic Party
East Ruther House
Thomas P. O’neill
Exxon
Conoco
Gulf
O’neill
Toby Moffett
D-Conn
House Energy
Charles Schultze
Council of Economic Advisers
Senate Finance Committee
Abraham Ribicoff
Dconn
Lloyd Bentsen
Texas
Northeast
Sheriff’s Office Inquiry Aired By Former Jail Chief
Debari and a local Republican leader demand a full fair investigation into actions in the Sheriff’s Office. The speaker cites a grand jury finding on inmate fund misuse and states his duty to report fund use as chief correctional officer of the jail.
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Sheriff's Office
Sheriff's Department
Grand Jury
Rosenberger
Mauck
Defense seeks dismissal in Lamp involuntary manslaughter case
A Frederick County Circuit Court defense motion asks to dismiss the Lamp indictment on grounds of grand jury bias as one member is Lamp's former father in law and a service station owner. The Sept. 15 fight at the American Legion post near Winchester prompted the case, with a related barn fire at Benham Farm near Boyce killing Simon C. Dean. A pre arraignment hearing was held, with judge Woltz setting deadlines for memoranda and a December date for possible decision.
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Star
James H. Lamp
Frederick County
Robert K. Woltz
Lamp
Eugene Gunter
Gunter
Grand
American Legion
Winchester
Benham Farm
Rt. 620
Boyce
Simon C. Dean
Mountain Falls
Grand Jury
Virginia
Commonwealth Attorney’s Office
Mr. DeBari
Snow flurries forecast for New York and New England
The forecast calls for snow flurries Thursday into Friday across New York state and New England. Central Plains to upper Midwest face rain and showers, while the southern third of the nation warms. most areas stay colder overall.
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New York State
New England
Central Plains
Upper Midwest
Northern Plains
Florida
Retirement Age Raised in Uruguay Welfare Reform
Montevideo Uruguay reports the military government has raised the minimum retirement age for men to 60 and the female age to 55 as part of welfare changes from the early 1900s. About 530000 Uruguayans rely on retirement pay funded by 1.1 million wage earners and inflation at 80 percent erodes these benefits. Future retirees will receive 85 percent of the national minimum wage currently $90 a month.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
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Lou) Riley, JR
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